If you are hired as a nanny by a family or through an agency, they will run a background check on you. A nanny background check will provide a variety of information to the family and it will be used to verify your address and SIN number. By running your SIN, the agency or family will see all of your addresses in the last seven years and whether any other names or aliases were connected to that number.

Nanny background check information will also reveal any in-court records. If you have been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor in the last seven years, it will show up on the nanny background check.

These checks on your background are typically conducted before you are officially hired as a nanny.

What is a Release Form?

When becoming a nanny, you should be prepared to have a nanny background search run on you. When this happens, you will be asked to sign a release form. Employers are required to have you sign this form if they are doing the check themselves but your agency may have you stop by your local RCMP and complete the release form in order for the background check to be done.